Associations to the word «Metaphoric»

Wiktionary

METAPHORIC, adjective. Like a metaphor.

Dictionary definition

METAPHORIC, adjective. Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne